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Nominations Sought For 2020 Norwich Native Son / Daughter Award

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The Norwich Rotary Clubs, in conjunction with the Norwich Woman’s City Club is seeking nominations for the 2020 Norwich Native Son/Daughter Award. This award, which was first presented in 1968 as part of the Rose Arts Festival, is now in its 52nd year and has been awarded to an impressive list of Norwich natives.

Last year we honored musician and educator Charles Pikler. We’ve had Pulitzer Prize winners, Grammy Award winners, NCAA basketball coaches, doctors, teachers, generals, and ambassadors. We’ve honored NFL players, brewers, and even the man who invented spell check. We even had the guy who helped launch the careers of comedians like Jay Leno and Jerry Seinfeld. It’s truly an impressive list of honorees.

You can find a complete listing of past honorees, with biographies by visiting norwichrotary.org/native.

Now it’s time to add another Norwich native to that list.

The requirements for nominees are:

1. a. Been either born in Norwich or to parents who were residents of Norwich at the time of the nominee’s birth and
b. Lived in Norwich during most of his/her life through high school. Persons who were born to parents residing in a bordering town at the time of that person’s birth may also be nominated, providing all of the following criteria are met in full:
i. Nominee moved into Norwich before beginning first grade, and
ii. Continued to reside in Norwich through high school
2. The nominee must also agree to receive the award in person at the Native Son/Daughter Award Luncheon in Norwich in the May/June timeframe.

The nomination form is available here. They can be printed out and mailed in, brought to a Norwich Rotary meeting, or scanned and emailed to mrichardson <at> burnettslandscaping.com. (Remove the <at> and add @)

Norwich Native-Son Daughter nominations should be mailed to Norwich Native Son/Daughter Award, c/o Mary Richardson, 406 New London Road, Salem CT, 06420. Deadline for nominations is March 15, 2020. Please include the nomination form, and other materials, such as newspaper stories that support the nomination.

Thank you.